French department
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a department in the French region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and is on the French border with Italy.
Cities
edit- 1 Draix
- 2 Annot
- 3 Barcelonnette
- 4 Castellane
- 5 Colmars-les-Alpes
- 6 Digne-les-Bains — natural beauty and supposedly curative thermal springs
- 7 Forcalquier
- 8 Manosque
- 9 Moustiers Sainte Marie
- 10 Sisteron
Other destinations
edit- 1 Verdon Gorge – an awe-inspiring gorge
Understand
editGet in
editGet around
edit- The Train des Pignes, a private railway between Digne-les-Bains and Nice is worth a trip entirely for its own sake but it also provides a great way of getting to starts or ends of walks in the lovely Mountains if you base yourself at one place on it such as Annot or Entrevaux.
See
editTerres noires
Do
edithiking, VTT, canyoning,
Eat
editDrink
editStay safe
editGo next
editAlpes-de-Haute-Provence is bordered on the east with Italy.